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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Leland Johnson and Daniel Schaffer begin their narrative in 1943 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built ORNL in the hills of East Tennessee to produce plutonium for atomic weapons. After World War II, ORNL became a center for fundamental scientific research under the successive management of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Department of Energy.
A Laboratory Reborn
Using historical and contemprorary photos, this book tells a unique scientific and human story that occupies a special plan in American history. The story begins with the construction in the hills of East Tennessee, seemingly overnight, of a new "Secret City" that grew to a population of 75,000 in less than three years. Following World War II as the city's fences came down, the Laboratory's wartime mission evolved, focusing first on understanding the mysteries of nuclear power, and later as a key source of research expertise for the United States.
The Girls of Atomic City
This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. All knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today.
